名詞 offing:

1. the near or foreseeable future
2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

動詞 off:

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   同義詞：murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

1. They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.
   他們慷慨地給我5000美元。
2. The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.
   作者從每本賣出的書中可得10%的版稅。
3. The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
   那位婦人說結(jié)婚20年來，聽不到她丈夫的呼嚕聲，她就睡不著覺。
4. The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.
   他們聞到做菜的味兒，知道眼看要吃飯了。
5. The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
   7、9和14 的平均數(shù)是10。
6. Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
   看那些烏云，我想天馬上就要下雨了。
7. I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.
   在平靜的海面上航行我感到很舒服。

off.ing

n.（名詞）
Nautical The part of the sea visible from shore that is very distant or beyond anchoring ground.
【航?！?/i> 可見海面：從海岸可看見的或離錨地很遠的可以看到的海洋部分

<習(xí)慣用語>in the offing
In the near or immediate future; soon to come:
不久：在很快或不久的將來；馬上就來臨的：
例句：
with exams finished and graduation in the offing.
考試完了，畢業(yè)在即

Nearby; at hand.
近的：附近的；在手的